Hewlett-Packard's Houston office receives patent for simplified server replacement

The Houston office of international technology company Hewlett-Packard
has received a patent for a method of automatically replacing servers
in computer storage networks.

In the patent, HP claims that the new method would eliminate the need
to manually replace servers in many cases. The specific device
described in the patent could serve as the basis for future
technologies enabling automated server replacement, the patent states.

The official patent number for the server replacement technique is
7,856,489. In addition to the company, the document lists as inventors
Richard L. Mouser of Houston, Michael P. Maley of Houston, and Joseph
F. DeSimone Jr., of Worcester, Massachusetts.

While its international headquarters are in Palo Alto, California, HP's
Houston office serves as the nerve center of its U.S. division. HP's
offices are located in the Cy-Fair area at 20555 SH 249.